Thine Eyes Bleed, Sons Of Azrael Tour Dates

Thine Eyes Bleed, Sons Of Azrael, Year Of Desolation, and Hurtlocker will tour together in November. Here are the current tour dates:

11/02 Oakland, CA @ Uptown Nightclub
11/03 Fresno, CA @ The Exit
11/06 El Paso, TX @ Zeppelin's
11/08 Austin, TX @ Emo's
11/09 Mcallen, TX @ The Metro
11/10 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Compound
11/11 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
11/12 Fort Worth, TX @ The Rock Yard
11/13 Fayetteville, AR @ The Dart Room
11/14 Springfield, MO @ Remington's
11/15 Galesburg, IL @ Billiards On Main
11/16 Chicago, IL @ Memories
11/17 Hobart, IN @ Cressmoor Club
11/19 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
11/20 Niagara Falls, NY @ Evening Star Concert Hall

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Trap Them and Architect Booking Fall Tour

Trap Them and Architect are currently in the process of booking a fall tour. To help with a show, establish contact here. The routing is as follows:

10/19 Upstate NY
10/20 Western MA
10/21 Eastern MA
10/22 Connecticut
10/23 Providence, RI
10/24 Manchester, NH
10/25 Burlington, VT
10/26 Plattsburgh, NY
10/27 Albany, NY @ SUNY Albany
10/28 Syracuse, NY
10/29 Detroit, MI
10/30 Chicago, IL
10/31 Omaha/Des Moines
11/1 Denver, CO

dates w/ Gaza
11/2 Salt Lake City, UT
11/3 Boise, ID
11/4 Seattle, WA
11/5 Portland, OR
11/6 North CA
11/7 Bay Area CA
11/8 Central CA
11/9 Los Angeles, CA
11/10 Phoenix, AZ
11/11 Texas/Arizona

11/12 Texas
11/13 Texas
11/14 Texas
11/15 Oklahoma City, OK
11/16 St Louis, MO
11/17 Indianapolis, IN
11/18 Cleveland, OH

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Clawfinger Frontman Reflects On Azkena Festival

CLAWFINGER frontman Zak Tell has posted this message on the band's official website:

"We survived, just barely! Of course it turned out to be a pain in the ass as expected, nine hours, four airports, three flights, one crew member short, a broken guitar and two smashed guitar cases, too much beer and not enough sleep all contributed to grumpiness and dissatisfaction, arriving at the (Azkena Rock) festival only 50 minutes before the show didn't help much either! Just to make things worse we also paid nearly 600 euro in overweight, yipiiii! Furthermore I managed to break my microphone cable (sort of on purpose!) and drop the mic on Bård's guitar pedal, turning it off, exactly at the same time as André's bass bummed out, leaving Jocke and Henka as the only two members actually creating any noise on stage for about 10 seconds! From what we'd heard we were also supposed to be playing the next best slot of the evening and there was apparently a press conference planned. Well we played a 45-minute set at 17:45 and there wasn't a journalist in sight!!!

Anyway regardless of what happens to us before and afterwards the show must go on and once you see the happy smiling faces in the audiences you tend to forget all the shit you've been through earlier and it was a fun crowd. People seemed to be having a really good time and you could smell the sweet scent of marijuana in the air everywhere! It was kind of early in the evening and I think quite a few people probably saw us for the first time as we don't visit Spain very frequently anymore but I also know that there were some old Clawheads there cos' I could see those fuckers singing their hearts out! Anyway thank you all for rockin' out with us! It was a nice festival, the weather was good and the vibe was relaxed! Henka and me went out into the crowd after the show and checked out the different stands selling t-shirts and stuff and people were coming up to us asking to take photos which means we must have done something right.

We stayed on for quite a while, I saw a bit of Mooney Suzuki and we hung around in the Gibson bus and the backstage area drinking beers but in the end we realized how tired we really were after haven gotten up at 04:00 in the morning to make the first flight! Also we knew that we had 10 more hours, three flights and four airports on the way back the next day as well so we decided to make our way to the hotel to get some sleep. Of course Jocke and I ended up sitting in my room drinking beer and talking until about 02:00 which only left us with five hours to sleep. Anyway, but hey that's nothing new, it seems like we never learn... I guess cos' we don't want to."

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AC/DC Box Set Tracklisting Revealed

Columbia Records will release "Plug Me In" — the ultimate career-spanning DVD box set of live performances, interviews and more from AC/DC, the world's most electrifying rock and roll band — on Tuesday, October 16.

The first AC/DC release since the band came to Columbia Records earlier this year, the AC/DC "Plug Me In" DVD collection brings together for the very first time an astonishing five hours of definitive live concert and television performances — many of them previously unavailable — chronicling the ongoing career (now in its fourth decade!) of a groundbreaking rock and roll powerhouse whose music transcends the test of time.

"AC/DC has delivered the most dynamic rock and roll music in the world," said Steve Barnett, Chairman, Columbia Records. "Columbia is honored to be releasing this definitive career-spanning retrospective featuring many of AC/DC's finest filmed performances."

Disc One of the AC/DC "Plug Me In" DVD collection begins with a performance of "High Voltage" performed in October 1975 on Australia's "King of Pop" awards show. The first disc of "Plug Me In" is devoted to the band's formative years (1975-1979) with the late Bon Scott capturing the group in its full early glory with more than 20 performances including rare black-and-white video footage of the notorious St. Albans High School concert on March 3, 1976; the very first UK television appearance in July 1976; pristine live full-color stereo concert performances from Glasgow and Essex University in 1978; and three songs — including the very first public performance of "Highway To Hell" — from Netherlands television in 1979. Bonus material on Disc One includes a Bon Scott interview from November 1977; extraordinary band interviews from 1976; and four songs recorded live in Nice on December 15, 1979, one of Bon Scott's last concerts with the band before his tragic death on February 19, 1980.

Disc Two of the AC/DC "Plug Me In" DVD collection covers the band's second great epoch: the Brian Johnson era which began with the release of "Back In Black" in 1980 and continues to this day. In addition to more than 20 performances drawn from three decades of concerts around the world — including an extremely rare Japanese television appearance from February 1981, blistering '80s and '90s sets from Detroit to Moscow, incredible footage from 1996's "Ballbreaker" tour (including the "Beavis & Butthead" intro), and 21st century barnburners in Paris, Munich, and Toronto — "Plug Me In" includes a fantastic array of bonus material including the AC/DC Donnington interview on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" (August 1984) and AC/DC's in-concert performance of "Rock Me Baby" with THE ROLLING STONES.

A deluxe collector's edition of "Plug Me In" — containing a third DVD of 21 additional rare performances spanning both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras as well as a treasure trove of facsimile reproductions of authentic AC/DC memorabilia — will also be available for a limited time beginning Tuesday, October 16.

AC/DC "Plug Me In" track listing:

DVD 1 (2 hours 22 mins):

01. High Voltage (King Of Pop awards) - October 1975 (4:02)
02. It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) (Bandstand) (4:41)
03. School Days (St Albans) - March 1976 (5:40)
04. TNT (St Albans) - March 1976 (4:46)
05. Live Wire (Rollin Bolan) - July 1976 (6:12)
06. Can I Sit Next To You Girl (Rollin Bolan) - July 1976 (4:14)
07. Baby Please Don't Go (Melbourne) - December 1976 (11:49)
08. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be (Sight & Sound) - October 1977 (5:13)
09. Rocker (Sight and Sound) - October 1977 (8:10)
10. Rock 'n Roll Damnation (Apollo) - April 1978 (3:44)
11. Dog Eat Dog (Apollo Glasgow) - April 1978 (4:26)
12. Let There Be Rock (Apollo) - April 1978 (8:27)
13. Problem Child (Rock Goes To College) - October 1978 (4:44)
14. Sin City (Rock Goes To College) - October 1978 (5:23)
15. Bad Boy Boogie (Rock Goes To College) - October1978 (9:06)
16. Highway To Hell (Veronika) - July 1979 (4:12)
17. The Jack (Veronika) - July 1979 (5:19)
18. Whole Lotta Rosie (Veronika) - July 1979 (5:19)

DVD 1 Bonus Footage:

* Band Interview at Airport 1976 (2:16)
* Band Interview at Covent Garden (2:27)
* "Problem Child" - Melbourne (3:56)
* "Baby Please Don't Go" (Germany, incomplete) (2:10)
* "Dirty Deeds" on Network Sounds (0:40)
* Bon Scott Interview (15:11)
* "Rock n' Roll Damnation" – Top of the Pops (2:47)
* Australian Music to the World interview in Atlanta (1:31)
* Nice Super 8 movie (3.34

AC/ DVD 2 (2 hours 30 minutes):

01. Shot Down In Flames (Tokyo) - February 1981 (3:27)
02. What Do You Do For The Money - (Tokyo) - February 1981 (2:38)
03. Shook Me All Night - February 1981 (4:55)
04. Let There Be Rock (Tokyo) - February 1981 (5:29)
05. Back In Black (Largo 81) - December 1981 (3:34)
06. TNT (Largo 81) (3:39)
07. Shoot To Thrill (Houston) - October 1983 (5:23)
08. Guns For Hire (Detroit) - November 1983 (5:24)
09. Dirty Deeds (Detroit) - November 1983 (4:12)
10. Flick Of The Switch (Largo 83) (3:27)
11. Bedlam In Belgium (Largo 83) (3:24)
12. Back In Black (USSR) - September 1991 (2:15)
13. Highway To Hell (USSR) - September 1991 (3:36)
14. Whole Lotta Rosie (USSR) - September 1991 (4:16)
15. For Those About To Rock (USSR) - September 1991 (6:52)
16. Gone Shooting (VH1 Session) - July 1996 (6:03)
17. Hail Caesar (Sydney Screen Mix) - 1996 Tour (5:43)
18. Ballbreaker (Sydney Screen Mix) - 1996 Tour (4:29)
19. Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (Sydney Screen Mix) - Tour 1996 (6:34)
20. Hard As a Rock (Stade De France) - June 2001 (5:02)
21. Hells Bells (Stade De France) - June 2001 (5:49)
22. Ride On (Stade De France) - June 2001 (6:27)
23. Stiff Upper Lip (Munich) - June 2003 (3:54)
24. Thunderstruck (Munich) - June 2003 (5:24)
25. If You Want Blood (Toronto) - July 2003 (5:35)
26. The Jack (Toronto) - July 2003 (9:50)
27. You Shook Me All Night (Toronto) - July 2003 (4:27)

DVD 2 Bonus Footage:

* Beavis and Butthead intro to Ballbreaker tour (1:16)
* "Hells Bells" in Brussells (3:40)
* Donnington BBC interview with Angus (1:03)
* Warmup for VH1 (4:20)
* "Rock Me Baby" - Jam with THE ROLLING STONES (6:43)

DVD 3 (Bonus DVD) (2 hours 7 minutes):

01. Girl's Got Rhythm (Australian TV) - 1979 (3:30)
02. She's Got Balls (St. Albans High School 76) (6:20)
03. Long Way To the Top (St Albans High School 76) (7:08)
04. Let There Be Rock (BBC Sight & Sound 77) (5:57)
05. Bad Boy Boogie (Apollo Glasgow 78) (7:49)
06. House Is On Fire (Detroit 83) (3:06)
07. Guns For Hire (Band rehearsals 84) (3:50)
08. Boogey Man (Sydney 96) (10:49)
09. Girl's Got Rhythm (Sydney 96) (4:08)
10. Highway to Hell (Dublin 1996) (7:01)
11. Let There Be Rock (Stuttgart 2000) (10:55)
12. Angus Statue Intro (Stiff Upper Lip Tour Film 2001) (1:26)

Live at Houston Summit 83 (Whole Concert segment runs 53 minutes):

01. Guns For Hire (5:31)
02. Shoot To Thrill (5:32)
03. Sin City (5:24)
04. House Is On Fire (3:58)
05. Back In Black (4:12)
06. Bad Boy Boogie (14:33)
07. Rock 'n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (5:07)
08. Flick Of The Switch (3:25)
09. Hells Bells (5:24)

The AC/DC "Plug Me In" DVD box set is both a Holy Grail for aficionados of AC/DC as well as an ideal and comprehensive introduction to the music and history of a pioneering band that continues to define the electrifying possibilities of rock and roll.

Formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young (still the most formidable electric guitar team in rock), AC/DC released its first album, "High Voltage", in 1975. The group has gone on to sell nearly 70 million albums in the U.S. alone, making AC/DC one of the five best-selling bands in American music history. The "Back In Black" album has achieved RIAA double diamond status, for sales in excess of 21 million copies in the United States, and is the U.S.'s fifth largest-selling album ever.

AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

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Soulfly To Enter Studio Next Week

According to a posting on SOULFLY's official web site, Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals), Joe Nunez (drums), Marc Rizzo (guitar), and Bobby Burns (bass) are planning to enter the studio early next week to begin recording the band's sixth studio album. The CD will be recorded in Bobby and Tim Lau's studio in Florida — the Porch Studio — and will be produced by Max. An early 2008 release via Roadrunner Records is expected.

SOULFLY entered a Los Angeles studio in March with producer Logan Mader (ex-MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY) to record a cover of the MARILYN MANSON song "Beautiful People" for the recently released Kerrang! magazine compilation "Higher Voltage".

SOULFLY's latest album, "Dark Ages", was produced by Max Cavalera and was mixed by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA and DEFTONES, among others.

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Fates Warning Release Re-Issue Details

FATES WARNING's classic 1988 album "No Exit" will be re-released in Europe on October 8 via Metal Blade Records (except in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where it will arrive on October 5). The reissue will contain a remastered version of the original album plus outtakes, demos, and a bonus DVD featuring live footage from the "No Exit" world tour 1988 as well as the "making of" the "Silent Cries" and "Anarchy Divine" music videos. The complete track listing is as follows:

CD

01. Anarchy Divine
02. Silent Cries
03. In A Word
04. Shades of Heavenly Death
05. The Ivory Gate of Dreams
I. Innocence
II. Cold Daze
III. Daylight Dreamers
IV. Quietus
V. Ivory Tower
VI. Whispers On The Wind
VII. Acquiescence
VIII. Retrospect

Bonus tracks:

* "Quietus" demo
* "Ivory Gate of Dreams" outtake #1
* "Ivory Gate of Dreams" outtake #2

Bonus DVD

* "No Exit" Documentary
* "Silent Cries" Video
* "Anarchy Divine" Video
* "Valley of the Dolls" Video
* Live in Philadelphia 1998

Running Time: approximately 68 minutes

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Sodom Announce More European Dates

German thrashers SODOM have the following European scheduled:

September
8 - Reiden, Switzerland - Back To Rock Festival

October
27 - Koblenz, Germany - Rhein Metal Cruise II

December
2 - Essen, Germany - Metalborse West Stadthalle
16 - Wurzburg, Germany - Metalborse Soundpark Ost

Sodom's new album, The Final Sign Of Evil, is scheduled for release on September 28th in Germany and October 1st in Europe via Steamhammer/SPV. A North America date is pending. As previously reported, the album will feature re-recordings of the material from the German thrashers' classic first EP, In The Sign Of Evil, plus no less than seven bonus tracks, all of which were originally written during the "In the Sign of Evil" era or earlier but were never officially released.

As a special bonus, the album will feature return appearances by the group's original drummer Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter) and guitarist Josef "Peppi" Dominic (a.k.a. Grave Violator), both of whom were featured on the original 1984 EP.

The Final Sign of Evil is being produced by Sodom's webmaster Toto, who stated about the upcoming CD, "The official name is The Final Sign Of Evil, and follows the plan to make the In The Sign Of Evil a complete album. So the seven additional tracks are not a real bonus, because they fulfill an album, like it should [have done] back in 1984."

The tracklisting is as follows:

'The Sin Of Sodom' *
'Blasphemer' **
'Ashes To Ashes' *
'Witching Metal' **
'Sons Of Hell' *
'Burst Command 'Til War' **
'Where Angels Die' *
'Sepulchral Voice' **
'Hatred Of The Gods' *
'Bloody Corpse' *
'Outbreak Of Evil' **
'Defloration' *

* bonus tracks
** songs which were on the original version of In The Sign Of Evil

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Clutch Announce Australian Tour Dates

Maryland-based metallers CLUTCH have announced a string of Australian live dates. A press release follows:

"The mighty Clutch are back ….
It took them ten years to make the trip down under, the first tour in 2006 sold out, they fell in love with Australia and returned in May 2007 for a national tour to launch their new LP From Beale Street to Oblivion, the whole tour sold out. In December 2007, Maryland’s favorite sons will return to headline the Meredith Music Festival and play two special shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

An Evening with Clutch is a Gear Heads ultimate fantasy. Beginning with a set from the jazz filled side project of Clutch members sans Neil Fallon, THE BAKERTON GROUP, who will be familiar to any true blue Clutch fan, and moving to two sets from Clutch, for a night of Clutch…Clutch…and well…more Clutch.

Since leaving our shores, the bands have recorded a new track, King Of Arizona, for Jackass regular Bam Margera’s Viva La Bands compilation album, and made their first appearance alongside The Police and Tool at the 2007 Bonnaroo Festival.

Clutch will arrive in Australia fresh of the back of a mammoth American tour with New York prog rockers Coheed and Cambria. Neil, Tim, Dan, JP and Mick will be once again packing harmonica extraordinaire Eric Oblander into the road cases …ready to serve up an early Christmas present for Aussie Clutch fans."

An Evening With Clutch - Opening set by The Bakerton Group dates:

December
13 - The Hi Fi - Melbourne, Australia
14 - Meredith Music Festival - Meredith, Australia
15 - The Metro - Sydney, Australia

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Led Zeppelin Announcement Expected Next Week

Billboard.com has issued the following report from Ray Waddell:

Talk of a LED ZEPPELIN reunion just refuses to go away.

Billboard reported in July that the band may get together for a proposed tribute to the late producer/record mogul Ahmet Ertegun at the O2 in London in November,

Now on Ledzeppelin.com the date 11.13.07 mysteriously appears with the familiar Zep symbols. And several people saw the band touring the O2 during Prince's recent stand at the new 20,000-seat London venue. A press conference next Wednesday (September 12th) in London may clear everything up.

There has been talk that tour producers AEG Live and Michael Cohl's CPI (ROLLING STONES, GENESIS) have put in offers on a Zep tour featuring founding members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones with late drummer John Bonham's son Jason on drums. But it is also well known in the industry that standing offers have been on the table for a Led Zeppelin tour for more than a decade.

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Chevelle Announce Fall Tour Dates

New Chevelle tour dates have been announced for this Fall. They are as follows:

September 18th in Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
September 20th in Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
September 21st in Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena
September 22nd in Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House
September 24th in Spokane, WA @ Big Easy
September 25th in Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market
September 26th in Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
September 28th in Edmonton, AB @ Red's
September 30th in St. Louis, MO @ TBA
October 6th in Memphis, TN @ Mud Island Amphitheatre
October 7th in Hattiesburg, MS @ The Bottling Company
October 9th in Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
October 11th in Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues
October 13th in Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
October 14th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
October 16th in New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues
October 18th in Austin, TX @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q
October 19th in Amarillo, TX @ Midnight Rodeo & Piranha Club
October 20th in Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos
October 22nd in Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
October 24th in San Diego, CA @ SOMA San Diego
October 25th in Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
October 26th in Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
October 28th in Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
October 29th in Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
October 30th in West Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues
November 1st in Reno, NV @ Stoney's Indoor Skate Park
November 3rd in Kinston, NC @ Kinston Fairgrounds
November 5th in Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
November 6th in Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
November 9th in Lubbock, TX @ The Pavilion
November 10th in Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
November 12th in Springfield, MO @ Remington's Niteclub
November 13th in Louisville, KY @ Headliners

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Stream Everytime I Die's Entire New Album Online

Everytime I Die's new album "The Big Dirty' can be streamed in its entirety on their MySpace page. The album was released earlier this week on September 4th (in North America).

As previously reported, Every Time I Die will be heading out on tour with Underoath, Poison The Well, and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster later this month for a 6-week stint.

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Cage Announce New Drummer

San Diego, California heavy metal band "CAGE" have announced the addition of drummer Norm Leggio, formerly of the legendary prog-metal band PSYCHOTIC WALTZ as the band's newest member.

Norm Leggio previously performed on all PSYCHOTIC WALTZ releases between 1986 - 1996 (ASLAN demo; PSYCHOTIC WALTZ demo; A SOCIAL GRACE; INTO THE EVERFLOW; MOSQUITO and BLEEDING).

He also is the owner of the all metal record store BLUE MEANNIE RECORDS in El Cajon, California.

In addition, he was the co-host of the metal radio show ANOTHER STATE OF MIND on San Diego, California Clear Channel radio station ROCK 105.3 FM for many years. More...

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Nodes Of Ranvier, Life In Your Way Tour Dates

Nodes Of Ranvier, Life In Your Way, and Oh, Sleeper will be touring together this month and next month. The following tour dates have been announced so far:

9/11 St Paul, MN @ Station 4
9/12 Papillion, NE @ The Rock
9/13 Wichita, KS @ The Eagles Lodge North
9/14 St. Louis, MO @ The Creepy Crawl
9/15 Memphis, TN @ The Dreggs
9/16 Sheffield, AL @ The Rave
9/18 New Orleans, LA @ The High Ground
9/19 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
9/20 Dallas, TX @ The Door
9/21 Lubbock, TX @ The Way
9/22 New Mexico @ TBA
9/23 Tempe, AZ @ TBA
9/25 Corona, CA @ The Showcase Theater
9/28 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
9/29 Victorville, CA @ Trilogy Theater
9/30 Sacramento, CA @ Club Retro
10/2 Portland, OR @ Satyricon
10/3 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/4 Boise, ID @ The Venue
10/5 Ogden, UT @ Club NVO
10/6 Denver, CO @ The Lifespot

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New Gallhammer Video Online Plus Tour Updates

The Japanese femme fatales Gallhammer are ready to embark on a European tour and have posted a video for the track 'WORLD TO BE ASHES' from 'ILL INNOCENCE'. Check it out now from the band's minisite, www.peaceville.com/gallhammer/illinnocence, or click on the link below.

The tour kicks off in London:

Sep. 23 – UK - London / Barfly (with Unearthly Trance & Ramesses)
Sep. 24 – UK - Bristol , Cooler (with Indesinence)
Sep. 25 – UK - Colchester Arts Centre (with Indesinence)
Sep. 26 - Finland - Nightlife Rock, Helsinki (with Denial of God & Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult)
Sep. 27 - Finland - Henrys Pub, Kuopio (with Denial of God & Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult)
Sep. 28 - Finland - YO-Talo, Tampere (with Denial of God & Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult)
Sep. 29 - Finland - S-Osis, Turku (with Denial of God & Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult)
Sep. 30 – Norway - Oslo , Maiden (with Skitliv)
Oct. 1 – Denmark - Arhus, Spanien (with Skitliv)
Oct. 2 – Denmark - Copenhagen / Loppen (with Skitliv)
Oct. 3 – Germany - Berlin / K17 (with Skitliv)
Oct. 4 - Belgium - Antwerp / Scheld Apen (with Skitliv)
Oct. 5 - The Netherlands - Rotterdam / Baroeg (with Skitliv) More...

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Hatebreed Frontman Talks Ozzfest And New DVD

Pete Richards of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

On playing this year's Ozzfest:

"These shows have been the best shows of our career. Some days they chant HATEBREED 20 minutes before we go on, and then even during the set. It's great. Our signings are packed every day. It's just been insane. We didn't expect this nice of a welcome back."

"Five years [straight of playing Ozzfest]. We needed to come back and do the second stage and close the second stage because playing the main stage alienated some of our diehard fans who don't have the $50 to come see us or don't want to see us from 2,000 feet away on the lawn. It was great. We won over a lot of people who had maybe seen our logo before but didn't know what we were about, but we can't do it next year. We need to do something different."

On HATEBREED's upcoming DVD:

"After years of compiling footage and trying to give all the past members their dues and trying to give each era of the band its due, we want to make sure it's a proper documentary that shows just how it turned into this movement all over the world. We want to show the development in Japan, the explosion in Europe, where these past two records have been the biggest records of our career. Show the first five years and how we used to play to 10 people in a back yard, or a hall and at bars, and then show going to the Grammys and walking the red carpet."

On Jasta's new Hatewear clothing line:

"It just takes initiative and time, and it's not easy. People want to support the music. People want to support the bands. The more items we make, the more they sell. We just made basketball shorts. They sold like crazy. We just made sweatpants. They sold like crazy. With Hatewear, if you don't want to wear a band's logo, you can wear something else. People download the music so much, the clothes are what sells. You can't download a T-shirt or pair of shorts."

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Headline News

Usurper Call It A Day

Chicago's USURPER has issued the following update:

"After 13 and a half years, five studio albums and hundreds of concerts in 17 different countries around the world, USURPER has come to an end. Everyone in USURPER would like to thank their die-hard fans and friends for over a decade of metal insanity! This decision was very hard for the members of the band, but as the saying goes, 'all things must come to an end'.

"Although the decision to end USURPER wasn't easy, it was the right thing to do. Unfortunately, between member changes, label issues and lack of communication between the remaining band members, now was the time to nail up the USURPER coffin so to speak.

The official MySpace page will still be maintained and we will try to keep everyone updated on what the remaining band members are up to. Rick [Scythe; guitar/vocals] has started a new band called NIGHTSHADE and Jon [Necromancer; bass/vocals] and Chris [Carcass Chris; 'ead gitar] will also pursue other musical outlets. Be sure to check this MySpace page in the near future, for news about such musical endeavors."

USURPER's fifth full-length album, "Cryptobeast", was released in 2005 via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Twilight Dominion" was recorded at Chicago's Rax Trax Studios with producer Neil Kernon (JUDAS PRIEST, DEICIDE, CANNIBAL CORPSE).

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Dino Cazares Claims Fear Factory Missing Passion

MTV.com reports that former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares' new band DIVINE HERESY has only played a few live shows together but plans to kick off its first tour this month in Mexico. After that, DIVINE HERESY will head out with STATIC-X and SHADOWS FALL for a tour that runs through much of the fall and early winter. Then they'll join CHIMAIRA on the road for a trek that will keep them busy until Christmas. In early 2008, the band will head back out on the road, but the guitarist didn't reveal with whom. Cazares said the band does plan on playing some FEAR FACTORY material during its sets — even though he has no love for his former band.

"In the long run, I believe I came out the winner, and I feel that they have bastardized the name, and it's a completely different band, different style," he said of the group, which is carrying on despite Cazares' departure in 2002. "I definitely carried the passion in that band, and my riffs, my style, they were very distinctive. I don't regret anything I created in FEAR FACTORY whatsoever. It will be part of my memory for the rest of my life. I believe I am continuing the legacy and keeping this metal torch alive and bringing it back with DIVINE HERESY. You can feel the hunger and passion in DIVINE HERESY, which I believe FEAR FACTORY has been missing, and is still missing to this day.

"DIVINE HERESY will be a band that will develop into something even greater, the more input these guys have and the more we all start playing together, and the more we get out on the road, living it, breathing for it," he continued. "I think the sophomore LP will be something massive."

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Porcupine Tree Announces Additional U.K. Dates

As previously reported, PORCUPINE TREE are set to embark on a European tour this fall in support of their new album, Fear Of A Blank Planet. The band have confirmed additional UK dates on the tour. Porcupine Tree's itinerary is now shaping-up as follows:

November
12 - Volkshaus - Zurich, Switzerland
15 - Arena - Vienna, Austria
17 - Alcatraz - Milan, Italy
18 - Tendastrisce - Rome, Italy
22 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
25 - Sentrum Scene - Oslo, Norway
26 - Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark
28 - Area - Poznan, Poland

December
5 - Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam, Holland
7 - University of East Anglia - Norwich, UK
8 - Academy - Manchester, UK
9 - Metropolitan University - Leeds, UK
10 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
12 - Barrowlands - Glasgow, UK

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My Son My Executioner Plans Texas Mini-Tour

Dallas metal/hardcore act My Son My Executioner will be playing a string of dates throughout Texas before recording their new EP. Here are the tour dates:

9/13 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
9/14 Harlingen, TX @ Smiley's Ballroom
9/15 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Compound
9/16 Austin, TX @ Red 7
9/17 Arlington, TX @ Dreamworld
9/21 Fort Worth, TX @ The Door
9/28 Plano, TX @ Rock Steady
9/29 Lewisville, TX @ Fat Daddy's

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Bonded By Blood Sign with Earache Records

New-School LA Thrashers Bonded In Blood have signed a record deal with Earache Records. Hailing from Los Angeles this 5 piece, with an average age of only 18, are here to show the world how they see the path of New-School Thrash metal. With virtuoso-like guitar playing courtesy of Alex Lee and a blazing drum assault, BONDED BY BLOOD are gearing up to wow Metal fans across the globe with a youthful power-packed punch.

Formed in 2005, all members are such massive Exodus fans, that the band took their name from the title of the debut classic Exodus album, though ironically none of the band were even born when that album first hit the racks in 1985.

Musically, their influences come from most of the Old-school Thrash acts (Exodus, Metallica, Slayer, Testament, etc) but BONDED BY BLOOD add a youthful energy and a fun element as well as their own twist on the two decade old genre. The band focus as fervently on song structure and composition as they do on making every riff, vocal line and drum pattern a memorable, heartfelt shredder.

The band self-released a 6 track EP 'Extinguish The Weak' barely a few weeks ago in August 2007, resulting in inking a long-term contract with Earache Records.

Vocalist Aladdin has this to say on the signing: "We are thrilled to be part of the Earache family -its overwhelming!! Municipal Waste, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Evile and now BONDED BY BLOOD! Next step is taking over the world!"

The debut Bonded By Blood Album will be released on Earache early 2008.

You can check out some of BONDED BY BLOOD's material on their Myspace page. Read an exclusive interview with Bonded By Blood here.

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